The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-26

GALVESTON, May 19.-The News
San Antonio, special says: The north
bound express on the Missouri Pacific,
which left this city at o'clock last
evening, encountered gang of train
robbers at 10 o'clock at McNeil's sta
ton, twenty miles north of Austin.
Harry Sands, a commercial traveller,
who was on the train arrived here to-
night. He says that before the train
reached Mcneil the robbers had secured
the station agent and bound him and
as the train slowed up at the station
the robbers to the number of twelve or
fifteen fired several vOlleys to intim-
idate the passengers. Sands, hearing
shots, raised his window and looked
out, when an order was given him to
draw his head back and close the win
dow, but before he had time to comply
he was wounded in the arm and badly
powder burned by shot fired in close
proximity to him. The train was held
| up for nearly an hour, after which it
/ was allowed to proceed. The doors of
the express Car were forced open and
about 81 900 was taken. Express mes
| senger NOthacker was ordered to turn
| over the money, but he handed the
robbers only small amount and was
beaten over the head. A brakeman
was wounded during the fusilade.
Postal Clerk Spalding says he distinct
" heard the order given by the leader,
Don't touch any of the passengers
and don't show any of our own men. :"
The messenger also says that he be-
! lieves the men were green hands in the
| business.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
| WACO, Tex, May 20.-PasSengers on
| tie Missouri Pacific train which ar
rived here at 8 o'clock this morn
| ing give the following particulars of
the train robbery on the International
| & Great Northern railroad at McNiel
station, fifteen miles from Austin.
| Twelve mounted men did the work,
| and they went at it with so much Sys-
| tenn and their plans worked SO well
/ that they secured a large amount of
money from the Pacific Express COM
pany.
G. A. Whiteof Waco, who was a pas
senger on the train, says the train left
| Austin for Waco on time and when 1t
pulled up at McNeil's station, which is
at the crossing of the Austin s. North
western railroad, it was found that the
agent and two gentleman who intend
ed to take passage on the Missouri Pa
cific train were in the charge of twelve
robbers who had come to the station
we'll mounted and armed. The robbers
had rolled log in front of the engine
and the engineer and fire
man were guarded by some of them
while others proceeded to fire into the
train. The passengers were told that
if they kept quiet they would not be
molested and they kept quiet. The
robbers fired about one hundred shots
within the coaches to help keep up the
quietness OF the passengers. Henry
Landa of San Antonio was shot in the
hand. The robbers made for the ex.
press car, which was in charge of a. J
Northacker and demand that he opeT
it. He refused to obey their command
) and they then broke open the car dooI
and knocked the express man down
The safe was broken open and
robbed but how much the,
got no one seems to know. as TIM
amount has been varioasfy estimated
at from S21, GOO to S55, 900. Mr.. Whit
says the express man would not. O
could not tell the amount of money tina
/; had been taken. He said to Mr.. White
''When saw the fellows start out viii
the silver, which was bulky. though
: was safe, but when they returne,
and commenced looking for currency
> knew it was all up with me.n 1t i
supposed from these remarks tina
the robbers secured large sum. Ate
the robbers had secured the poodle
: they told the trainmen toroll the log Oh
! the track and they could go on. MI
White, before leaving the station hai
!. a talk with the agent, S. r. EIy. hi
s Ely says the men came to the station
Q unmasked and took himself and tw
other men In charge. The rObbeT